Exercise of options

26 August 2016

EGDON RESOURCES PLC

 ("Egdon" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options

As a result of the exercise of share options by an employee, Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR) has today issued 77,457 New Ordinary Shares of 1p each. Following this the Company's issued ordinary share capital will be 221,423,268 ordinary shares.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares to the London Stock Exchange, which rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM. Dealings are expected to commence on or around 2 September 2016.

The above figure of 221,423,268 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company, under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service ("RIS"), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

For further information please contact:

Egdon Resources plc

Mark Abbott 01256 702 292

Buchanan

Richard Darby, Anna Michniewicz 020 7466 5000

Nominated Adviser and Broker - Cantor Fitzgerald Europe

David Porter, Sarah Wharry (Corporate Finance) 020 7894 7000

Mark Westcott (Sales)

Joint Broker - VSA Capital Limited

Andrew Monk (Corporate Broking) 020 3005 5000

Andrew Raca (Corporate Finance)

Notes to Editors:

Egdon Resources plc (LSE: EDR) is an established UK-based exploration and production company primarily focused on onshore exploration and production in the hydrocarbon-producing basins of the UK and France.

Egdon currently holds interests in thirty four licences in the UK and France and has an active programme of exploration, appraisal and development within its balanced portfolio of oil and gas assets. Egdon is an approved operator in both the UK and France.

Egdon was formed in 1997 and listed on AIM in December 2004.